Pozzuoli

[pot-swoh-lee; It. pawt-tswaw-lee]

Poz·zuo·li

[pot-swoh-lee; It. pawt-tswaw-lee]
noun
a seaport in SW Italy, near Naples: Roman ruins. 67,787.
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Pozzuoli (Italian potˈtswɔːli)
 
n
a port in SW Italy, in Campania on the Gulf of Pozzuoli (an inlet of the Bay of Naples): in a region of great volcanic activity; founded in the 6th century bc by the Greeks. Pop: 78 754 (2001)

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Pozzuoli

town and episcopal see, Campania regione, southern Italy. It occupies a promontory that projects into the Gulf of Pozzuoli (an inlet of the Bay of Naples), just west of Naples

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